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I start with the idea of constructing a treehouse and end with a s

I start with the idea of constructing a treehouse and end with a skyscraper made of wood. – Norman Mailer

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Any workout which does not involve a certain minimum of danger or responsibility does not improve the body – it just wears it out. – Norman Mailer

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Words — so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them. – Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a very simple reason. They made no such demand upon those who wrote them. – Charles Caleb Colton

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Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable. – Francis Bacon

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Being an author is having angels whisper in your ear — and devils, too. – Terri Guillemets

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